I stated a link between the two things. It's a link that has been there for about 40 years since thatchers government took folk off the unemoyment register and stuck them on long term disability. This approach has been continued and tweaked by each successive government since then. I'm sure UK isn't alone and other states also do the same to varying degrees using various factors.

Are you seriosly suggesting social services from England go to a refugee camp in Turkey to forcibly remove her baby. Or have I missed the joke with that one? If you take the emotion away from the decision to remove her citizenship, legally its highly unlikely that this decision will stick. One of the reasons will be the document issued in 2018 by the current home secretary which actually gives an example of her exact circumstances (coincidence?) and states she should return to UK and face justice. Javid is either an incompetent oaf or he's intentionally playing to the mob and ignoring legal advice. Suppose he could be both.

No. There is a drop in unemployment and a rise in those classed as being in employment at the same time as the parameters of how employed and unemployed are defined. Your statement regarding vanishing small number is made up with absolutely no evidence to back it up. I expected better from a guy who claims to be an academic, a scientist and intellectually superior to the rest of us [emoji3]

I think it's fair to say that what she has witnessed since leaving UK will influenced her far more and be more relevant to her current frame of mind, including the lack of empathy, than what she experienced in the first 15 years of her life. When you say Can we really justify a period of amnesty for people after they hit a certain age regardless ofthe severity of their actions? What were these severe actions? We don't know of any and I'm not aware of anyone asking for an amnesty. If she has committed offences she should be held accountable through the justice system. I'd be stunned if Javid knows though, but he's decided to take a course of action that looks unlikely to succeed which means he's either had poor legal advice or more likely he's chosen to ignore the advice.

I'm not apologising for any of her words or actions. I'm trying to point out that she was a child when she did this. I'm also trying to point out that what she will have 'experienced' will have affected her ability to show empathy, sympathy and humanitarianism as evidenced by her interviews.

I agree I just found the language of calling the kurds terrorists for trying to defend their people and land from isis risible to say the least. UK didn't support the kurds, then we did. Sounds like the narrative is being pushed by a compliant media to once again make them the bad guys.

So in the absence of any crimes being identified or more importantly javid being likely to get enough proof for a conviction he's taken the easy way out as she is able to apply for Bangladeshi citizenship through her mother's nationality. Also, so far the only crime would be going to Syria and living with isis. As this was done when she was 15 even less chance of a conviction?